On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill into law that created the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. While both started with good intent, the past 50 years have left the American public with two massive entitlements that are in dire need of reform.

The highway train began to go off the rails when Texas senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor and in a highly unusual move, called Majority Leader McConnell a liar on the floor.

If your recent high school graduate desperately wants to do something other than head directly into college, challenge them to "take up and read" (in the words of St. Augustine) and spend the next year reading the Bible several times from cover to cover. Don't take it from me though. That comes from a former POTUS!

"How now shall we live?" "By embracing God's truth, understanding the physical and moral order he has created, lovingly contending for that truth with our neighbors, then having the courage to live it out in every walk of life. Boldly and, yes, joyously."

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich is asked: How should conservatives respond to the Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage and upholding Obamacare, and what concerns do you have about the justices who ruled in those cases?

There's a new currency gaining prominence in American culture; it's the currency of offense. This currency is based on the perceived value of victimization and people buy, sell and trade with it every day. The pictures on the bills change with the daily news. This particular currency uses the leverage of impugned guilt, and promises gratifying profits in the form of entitlements, forced cultural acceptance and indignation.

This video contains material shot from within an abortion clinic. As such, it shows in much more graphic detail the reality of what it means to harvest material from aborted babies. The glass of wine and salad are gone, and the brutal nature of the business is on full display. The content of the video is disturbing.

Sunday was Navy Day in Russia, celebrating the power and history of the Russian fleet. The Kremlin used the occasion to announce a new naval doctrine on its website which lays out an ambitious plan to modernize and reconstitute a blue water Russian naval force. Although it sounds powerful on paper, the real question with oil trending below $50 a barrel, is whether Russia can afford this agenda.